Danny Wood and his wife, Lorrie, live in the house his family has lived in for generations. His grandparents lived there, he grew up in the house, and he and Lorrie raised their children in it; Zach, 24, and Cassy, 27, who has given the Woods a grandson named Tanner.

"My great-grandfather started the farm," he said. "I don't know when, but it was a long time ago."

The Woods raise wheat, milo, dryland corn and proso millet.

A former mechanic for Foland Farm Machinery in Sidney, Neb., Wood said if he didn't farm he'd probably drive a truck. It's something he enjoys and, while constantly hauling grain to Denver in the family's 18-wheeler can seem like a pain in the neck, "if you don't do it for a while, you miss it," he said.

While he doesn't see himself getting involved in politics, Wood does stay quite involved in the community. Besides the FSA's County Committee, he's also a member of the Peetz School Board, the Peetz Co-Op Phone Co. Board of Directors and the Peetz Community Church Board. He's previously served a term on the Soil Conservation Committee.

Article Comments

We reserve the right to remove any comment that violates our ground rules, is spammy, NSFW, defamatory, rude, reckless to the community, etc.

We expect everyone to be respectful of other commenters. It's fine to have differences of opinion, but there's no need to act like a jerk.

Use your own words (don't copy and paste from elsewhere), be honest and don't pretend to be someone (or something) you're not.

Our commenting section is self-policing, so if you see a comment that violates our ground rules, flag it (mouse over to the far right of the commenter's name until you see the flag symbol and click that), then we'll review it.